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Hi Brian,Hi Joan,
I would take a good look at Raist's careful observations between the E-410 and E-420, he has a good attention to detail and all opinions are subjective - he has used the E-410 and now E-420 pretty intensively though.
You seem to have exactly the right attitude - the glass will have a bigger impact on the quality of your image making than a new body, also the cost of the E-410 is dropping through the floor right now (I had a tip from Adam yesterday that the E-410 was going for £199 here in the UK - which is incredible VFM - the DP1 is £550)
Can't wait to see that standard grade WA lens!
Kind Regards
Brian
Just saw the addendum - great. The only note I'd add is that you might want to explain that by lifting the shadows, a lower contrast lens can move the shadow detail data away from the noise floor. Software can extract shadow detail in a higher contrast file but only when the data for that detail is clearly distinct from the data that records noise. In other words, if one digs too far into the shadows, to lift them, he or she may just be digging up noise.Hi Sean,
Thank you for your comments, very much appreciated! I will add this information to the article.
Regards,
Amin
I suppose the price will be whatever the market will bear - demand vs supply will ultimately dictate the price. If Sigma don't drop the price early to match demand, they'll be left with loads of stock to clear and Adam-T will have his £99 DP1 within the next 12 months... fire sales aren't that rare in this high risk market.My feeling that the Sigma will drop is just a hunch. Sigma DSLRs have had heavy price cuts. There is doubtless some money spent on DP1 R&D as well as advertising that needs to be made off us early adopters. Besides the sensor, I doubt there is much of high cost in the DP1 that would require it to continue to cost this much after those initial investments are recovered. It's like the iPhone - sell high to the people who want it no matter what, then sell lower to everyone else. In neither case do I think that the initial group is overpaying or that the company is overcharging. The other reason for my speculation is that I'm just preparing myself for the possibility. If I expect it to happen and buy it anyway, my ego won't be as bruised when it happens and I look back on what I spent .
Yes, though I wonder just how many of these they are actually making? I'd think it would be wise to keep production low and scale up for the replacement if this one is a hit.I suppose the price will be whatever the market will bear - demand vs supply will ultimately dictate the price. If Sigma don't drop the price early to match demand, they'll be left with loads of stock to clear and Adam-T will have his £99 DP1 within the next 12 months... fire sales aren't that rare in this high risk market.
Thanks Brian, the landscape comparison with small sensor cameras will be coming separately.I enjoyed your latest comparison - it would have been good to see a GR2 shot of that same landscape, or even the LX1.
Thanks Brian! Those people were moving fast, but the photos were taken within a couple minutes of one another, and I noticed no change in light during the time. If you're referring to the fact that the DP1 shot is less bright than the E-420 shot, that is something I am seeing pretty consistently, and I don't have a good explanation for it. I agree with you about the DP1 image quality.Amin, I've just e-mailed you a couple of conversions from your RAW files. I noticed that the lighting had changed between shots (obviously, people had moved around a lot) - but it's a remarkably close result. The DP1 is doing really well - I think it delivers DSLR quality in a compact cam...
Thanks for that - hadn't seen that one. I wish I could read Japanese!Since you're into serious compacts, did you see the mention on dpreview of yet another breakthrough in small sensor technology here :
http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/digital-camera-sensor-loves-low-lighting-323895
Just imagine a Panasonic TZ50 with Nikon D3 IQ and performance... where would the DSLR market be then? :bugeyes:
Kind Regards
Brian